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Coral can heal rapidly from bleaching - if it touches a clone

Coral bleaching can leave reefs looking fragile, so this finding offers an encouraging glimpse of how recovery might happen. Corals may heal rapidly from bleaching when they touch another coral that is their genetic clone. The result points to a surprising role for contact between genetically identical corals, though it does not mean bleaching is harmless. And here's the hopeful part: understanding this relationship could help scientists learn more about coral resilience.
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